South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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H. 3277

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Townsend and Cotty
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22759sd03.doc

Introduced in the House on January 14, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Review of State Standards and assessments

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/14/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-109
   1/14/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        HJ-109
    2/4/2003  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cotty

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/14/2003

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 59-18-360, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CYCLICAL REVIEW OF STATE STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENTS UNDER THE EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT BY ACADEMIC AREA, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT EACH ACADEMIC AREA SHOULD BE REVIEWED AND UPDATED EVERY SEVEN YEARS RATHER THAN EVERY FOUR YEARS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 59-18-360 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 400 of 1998, is amended to read:

"Section 59-18-360.    The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Education Oversight Committee, shall provide for a cyclical review by academic area of the state standards and assessments to ensure that the standards and assessments are maintaining high expectations for learning and teaching. All academic areas must be initially reviewed by the year 2005. At a minimum, each academic area should be reviewed and updated every four seven years. After each academic area is reviewed, a report on the recommended revisions must be presented to the Education Oversight Committee for its consideration. After approval by the Education Oversight Committee, the recommendations may be implemented. As a part of the review, a task force of parents, business and industry persons, community leaders, and educators, to include special education teachers, must examine the standards and assessment system to determine rigor and relevancy."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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